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Finding plenty of miners among the Cornishmen of the 32d, he sunk a countermine for each mine burrowed by the enemy.

So Paul concealed his plans from Madame Astier, in entire ignorance that she was running a countermine in the same line as his.

He knew you, madam, and was resolved to countermine you in all your plots.

In that way the lonely hermit put his foot down and began a countermine, working as silently as possible.

You cannot countermine the fortifications of Flore and Maxence without getting a priest to sap them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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